Look To The Stars News: Missing People

Former Presidents Join With Royalty For Celebrity Charity Day

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:00:00 +0000

BGC Partners Inc, a leading global brokerage company primarily servicing the wholesale financial markets, has announced that, together with Cantor Fitzgerald, it raised approximately $12 million globally at their Annual Charity Day on Monday, September 12, 2011.

Every year, BGC and Cantor Fitzgerald donate 100% of their global revenues on the day to more than 75 charities around the world by hosting charities and celebrity ambassadors at their offices in commemoration of the 658 employees we lost in the World Trade Center attacks. The guests joined licensed brokers to conduct transactions with BGC and Cantor Fitzgerald clients. Including today, Charity Day has raised approximately $77 million globally.

BGC Partners was honored to be joined by many distinguished guests including President George W. Bush and President Bill Clinton in New York and His Royal Highness Prince Harry in London. Prince Harry broke the world record set by his brother HRH Prince William for the largest foreign currency trade when he closed a foreign exchange deal worth euro 18 billion. Prince Harry, who attended on behalf of Sentebale, the charity he founded to support vulnerable children and orphans in Lesotho, completed the deal between Barclays London and a European counter-party based on projected currency values between the 13th and 14th September.

Richard Branson To Attend Madeleine McCann Fund Event

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +0000

Richard Branson will attend a special event to raise funds for missing children, to mark the 1000th day since the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal in May, 2007.

The event will be held at the Kensington Roof Gardens on January 27, and Harry Potter author JK Rowling has also been invited.

Madeleine was just a few days short of her fourth birthday when she disappeared from a rented apartment in Praia ad Luz, sparking an international search. No trace of her has ever been found.

Stars Attend Missing People Event

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:30:00 +0000

Supporters of British charity Missing People, including Sir Trevor McDonald, Helen Baxendale and Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson, came together last week to urge companies to ‘sponsor’ one of the charity’s 12 phones that receive calls from desperate people each day of the year.

Missing People, which works to support, find and safeguard all those affected by the issue of “missing”, hosted the special event at the charity HQ in southwest London. Hosted by Vice Patron Sir Trevor McDonald, the evening was attended by the charity’s Honorary Friends and Ambassadors.

Sir Trevor McDonald said: "I am delighted to formally launch Missing People’s Sponsor A Phone Campaign. Each of these phones really is a life-saving piece of equipment, providing support to some of society’s most vulnerable people.

Fans Remember Boyzone Star By Giving To Charity

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Fans of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately, who died last week, have donated over $15,000 to a British children’s charity in his memory.

 Gately was a Goodwill Ambassador for Caudwell Children, a charity that focuses on donations to special children for medical treatment, therapy, specialized equipment, and dying wish holidays. Gately’s husband Andrew Cowles had requested that in lieu of flowers, fans could donate to his favourite charity.  

“It’s an amazing gesture for the charity and it sums up Stephen – he always thought of others first,” said charity spokesperson Trudi Beswick. “We’re already up to an amazing amount and hopefully we can buy wheelchairs and equipment and therapy for kids. It’ll be a lovely memory for everybody to remember him by. He was a fantastic goodwill ambassador for us. We really want to give feedback to everyone – to everyone that’s supported us, to Andrew, the family and everyone in Boyzone and thank them by showing them the children we’ve helped in a couple of months time.”

Charity Mourns Death Of Boyzone Singer

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:00:00 +0000

The music and charity worlds are mourning the death of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately, who passed away on the Spanish island of Majorca on Saturday, October 10.

The singer was an ambassador of Missing People, a charity that provides support for missing children, vulnerable adults and families left in limbo.

“Stephen Gately was a compassionate man who was committed to using his popularity with young people to raise awareness of Missing People’s Runaway Helpline, and supporting families with missing loved ones,” the charity said in a release. "His support of the charity directly impacted many vulnerable adults, missing children and families across the UK. It is a very sad day for all those whose lives Stephen touched.

Radiohead Auctions Remix For Missing People

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:00:00 +0000

A four-hour video remix of a Radiohead song is to be auctioned on eBay to raise money for charity.

Videotape is a song off the band’s In Rainbows album, and has been remixed for the extra long one-off release by James Rutledge (AKA Pedro). The VHS remix is signed by all of the members of the band, who gave their full support to Rutledge for the project.

Proceeds from the auction will go to Missing People, the UK’s leading charity for missing and unidentified people. The charity addresses an important cause for Rutledge, whose former bandmate Dave Tyack went missing in Corsica in 2002 and was found dead in 2004.